Cathedral Ceiling

Ceiling of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul in Mdina, Malta. The ceiling frescoes depict the life of St. Paul and were painted by the Sicilian painters Vincenzo, Antonio and Francesco Manno in the late 18th century. The ceiling was restored by Samuel Bugeja in 1956. According to tradition, the site of the cathedral was originally occupied by a palace belonging to Saint Publius, the Roman governor of Melite who greeted Paul the Apostle after he was shipwrecked in Malta. According to the Acts of the Apostles, Paul cured Publius' father and many other sick people on the island[Acts 28:1-10]. The population of Malta subsequently converted to Christianity, with Publius becoming the first Bishop of Malta. This photograph is a single hand held shot of the ceiling.
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